After months of number crunching, I'm excited to announce that today, the results from the 2016 Asian American Man Study are publicly available! Divided into seven sections: demographics, race & identity, stereotypes, media, dating, politics & religion, and closing statements, it is one of the most comprehensive analyses of Asian American men that is publicly available anywhere. As always, we've worked hard to ensure the data is clean, and the analysis is done without bias or agenda.

How does the 2016 study differ from our initial study conducted in 2015?First off, there's value in simply replicating or reconfirming prior results, which we were able to do in many cases. But beyond that, we have better representation and new open-ended questions to explore.

Demographics

Total size: Having been around, we were able to recruit a larger respondent base, with 497 respondents, a significant increase from our initial study's 354 respondents. With 40 questions (up from 28 for the original study) this study represents nearly 20,000 data points, more than twice that of the original study.

Ethnic Diversity: our 2015 study was heavily weighted toward East Asia, with 75% of respondents indicating they had East Asian origins. This year, 54% of respondents indicated East Asian origins, with a full 30% indicating primarily South or Southeast Asian descent. These figures are more closer to being representative for the US Asian population.

Older Men: while definitely still skewing towards men under 35, this year's study has better representation among men over 35, growing almost a third from 14% to 19%.

New Data

Geographic, economic, and professional data: one piece of feedback we received from the initial study was that maybe the experiences of Asian Americans in certain geographic locations (Southern California, New York City) might differ from those living in other parts of the country, so this year, we were able to capture income, location, industry, and other data points that could help us better understand our findings.

More ethnically relevant stereotypes: another piece of feedback was that our stereotypes seemed more geared toward East Asian men and that we lacked stereotype options for South and Southeast Asian men, which we were able to address. We're also now sharing the stereotype data by sub-ethnicity.

Religion and Politics questions: as this was the year of a U.S. Presidential election, we added a number questions about the political and religious leanings of Asian American men.

What's Next?Over the coming weeks and months, I'll be writing up deep dives of each of the seven sections, adding commentary from respondents and my own experience and views. I'd like to ask all of you to promote our findings in the communities and platforms you're a part of. Let's help more people understand what Asian American men believe, experience, and stand for.

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The Asian American Man Study is an annual study an annual survey of the experiences and beliefs of American men of East, Southeast, and South Asian descent. It is administered by Jason Shen, a first-generation Chinese-American.